Mark Saavedra used to be a top-ranking court official in Bernalillo County.

He is now scheduled to make an appearance in the court he used to help run.

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He is accused of driving under the influence, reported Action 7 News.

Marc Saavedra is UNM's government relations director.

He took that job after resigning as the administrator of the state's busiest court this past April.

But Saavedra will likely play a very different role inside Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court.

It all started with a traffic stop at Central and Fifth late Wednesday night. According to a criminal complaint, New Mexico State Police noted that Saavedra was not wearing his seatbelt, his eyes were bloodshot and watery, and there was an odor of alcohol.

When asked if he had been drinking, the complaint stated Saavedra said he had not and he just wanted to go home.

But the report showed that, after a field sobriety test, he was placed under arrest for driving under the influence, the second arrest of its kind for Saavedra, who faced DWI charges in 1997, according to court documents.

Once at MDC, Saavedra was released on his own recognizance.

Janet Blair of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, said "the work of the intake officer was reviewed by two supervisors to make sure all procedures were followed."

Blair also said an outside judge will be brought in to preside over Saavedra's case when he has to return to his old workplace for a scheduled bond arraignment in September.

Saavedra is scheduled to be in court Sept. 14 facing the charge of aggravated driving under the influence.